down to the low to mid 50s. reagan national a cool and comfortable 63. annapolis on the bay is at 64. don't have any rain anywhere in the vicinity. there's that bright sun gleaming off the potomac river. hour by hour, by 7:00, in the upper 60s. by 9:00, mid 70s. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast. morning and afternoon. that's coming up at 6:11. how is the commute now, melissa? >> you know, right now we're looking okay. do have something that popped up here. so we'll show you a live camera, 270 southbound at montgomery village avenue, didn't look like an issue. we had a report of a crash but showed us something different we'll let you know. red line single tracks, a couple of stop there is. could roll into some bigger delays later this morning. eastbound, lee highway at prosperity avenue, had the right lane blocked from an earlier crash. wide look at things, looking

good. travel times in ten times. an escaped convict is back behind bars in north carolina. kristopher mcneil was picked up around 1:00 walking along a road 80 miles away from the brown creek correctional institute. police say he scaled a fence on saturday and ran. he is serving time for second degree murder. police arrested a kitchen worker for helping him escape and housing him while he was on the run. cheers of joy from people living around clinton correctional facility in upstate new york. the three-week manhunt for two escaped murderers is over. escapee david sweat is in critical condition after being shot by a state trooper. that fugitive was making a break for a tree line when that new york state police sergeant shot him twice. now, if he survives, sweat will be charged with escape burglary and other crimes. his capture came two days after his fellows escapee was shot and

killed by the police. and a man already serving a life sentence will stand trial for ordering his uncle's murder. brian mayhew had someone kill nico mayhew to stop him from testifying in a trial. he was sentenced last career for killing man in 2011. two others are facing murder charges in nico mayhew's death. the trial should last two weeks. . also in prince george's county, a teacher will stand trial again on sex assault charges. prosecutors say brown sexually assaulted a student inside the school during school hours in 2013. brown admitted involvement, but said the relationship with the 17-year-old student was consensual. the jury could not reach a decision in the first trial back in march. and very soon a new abuse

policy could become the rule at montgomery county public schools. the school board voting on that today. news4's molette green is outside the elementary school to tell us how this will affect you and your kids. good morning. >> reporter: aaron good morning. this new policy puts a lot of emphasis on reporting suspected cases right away. even if you're not sure, they really want to get the cases in the hands of child protective services asap. the idea is to hold school employees more accountable to give them a higher standard. it creates a code of conduct. that's part of the new policy change. add more training and background checks. now just a few months ago at this particular school, police arrested a man -- a former paraeducator here, charged him with sex abuse of a minor. a 15-year-old girl involved in this particular case. there have been other well publicized cases including one against a teacher especially after parents did not hear about

them right away. critics have been very vocal as well. they say new policy is not comprehensive enough. it could lead to some of the same mistakes they say but school leaders counter they have been thorough in the new policy change. the last time it got an update was back in 1986. we are live in silver spring. back to you. >> molette green thank you. right now, d.c. police are looking for two women they say shot a taxi driver in the district. police say the shooting started with an argument on east capitol street yesterday. after the taxi driver was shot he drove to massachusetts avenue northeast where he was able to call 911. we're still working to find out the driver's condition right now. also in d.c. homicide detectives are trying to find someone who shot and killed a man. it happened on 16th street by "e" street yesterday. they have not told us the victim's name. coming up on 6:05. today, the supreme court wraps up the term by handing down the

last three decisions. one is about whether oklahoma can still use a controversial mix of lethal injection drugs and another deals with who is allowed to decide the shape of congressional districts. that could have an impact on elections. and the last ruling is over how far the government can go to limit mercury emissions. the court could also say whether it will hear high profile cases on abortion or affirmative action next fall. your rideore expensive. fares will go up 4%. now to give you an idea of what you'll be paying right now a trip on the fredericksburg line to franconia costs $7.10. so on average, you'll be paying 30 cents more for the trip. danger on the water. what we're learning about three separate boating accidents in maryland that left at least two people dead. and right now some delays on metro. details coming up in a couple of minutes. also, we just got some new

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you're watching "news4 today." >> welcome back. investigators with the ntsb are arriving in massachusetts today. a plane crashed into a house there yesterday. four people made it out of that house, but a child and two adults on the plane all died. you take a look here, you can see the crash set that house on fire. although it was pretty much destroyed on impact. well, fishermen in the outer banks of north carolina managed to hook a seven-foot shark on a beach. take a look at the video. here to prove it. once they hooked that shark, they managed to pull it out of the water and on to the shore. this happened just hours after a shark attack along the coast.

in the past two weeks, seven people have been attacked by sharks on the carolina coast. the fishermen eventually released that shark back into the water. so the shark was not harmed. >> witnesses say it seemed to be okay when it swam away. but the threat seems to be greater to the sharks than the people -- people threat to sharks is greater than -- >> yeah. people have been asking have there been more shark attacks in the previous years and it depends on the water currents and when it reaches 80 degrees that's when you see them closer to shallower water. >> be smart about being out in the water. take a look at this sunshine, the sun is up. it's a beautiful picture. when you step outside, it gets even better. >> i know, it's setting us up for a great day tom. >> it will make you smile. that bright sun with the low humidity will be with us for the morning, the midday and the afternoon commute. so all green lights weatherwise

as we head through the day for driving. and bright sunshine, you need that visor down with the sunglasses this morning for the morning commute. in the low to mid 60s in the metro area. then the afternoon, a few high clouds are coming in. a look at storm chances in the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. now, melissa, what's happening with metro? >> well, right now, just hearing in my ear we're no longer single-tracking. red line no longer single tracks. we have some residual delays between shady grove and twinbrook. eastbound lee highway the right lane is blocked. 95 to quantico, a few minutes behind. 270 south is looking good. top of the beltway, 95 to 270 moving along quite nicely. remember to listen to our friends on wtop when you hop in your cars. still waiting to take your toddler to the dentist?

why a visit can help avoid future dental work. and why firefighters are struggling to contain that fast growing wildfire. the damage left behind by the flames. when we go to the live desk, next.

just in, more people getting out of their homes because a wildfire is just coming too, too close. it's burning in central washington state. it started sunday and it's been growing quickly ever since. evacuations jumped from 200 people to 1 how,000 thousand. they're in emergency shelters. a handful of homes already

the ground and more are on the way. not helping the situation, 108 degrees out there on sunday. dry conditions and windy. one big question remains this morning and that is what sparked the fire. aaron? >> all right. kristin wright. 6:15 now, and some brand-new video this morning of a daring water rescue in frederick, maryland. look at the video here. a helicopter lowered a basket to rescue two teenagers. they were trapped on the rocks here at lake linganore dam. you can see the water rushing over the rocks here. eight people had to be rescued. crews could not find a 62-year-old man. on the eastern shore, a child died in the boat crash. this happened on kent island. during the thunder on the narrows race there yesterday. take a look, maryland natural resources police say that this boat's driver lost control then crashed into the spectator boat that was full of people. three of them are recovering right now. a 7-year-old died. also at kent island, crews will be looking for a missing man

from silver spring. his boat flipped in the water and then capsized there yesterday. and nobody's found him so far. rescuers did pull four family members from that water, but we are told that the missing man was not wearing a life jacket and didn't know how to swim. the leader of one of washington's most loved landmarks is now calling for the removal of confederate themed decklations. the national cathedral has two stained glass panels that bear the images of the flag. they were put up in the 1950s by the daughters of the confederacy. yesterday, the dean spoke to worshipsers worshipers about the flag. and he said it's a symbol of white supremacy. >> the fact that so many find it so offensive should be enough of

a reason to fold it up and put it away. >> the governing body has final say on whether to remove the panels. and in tunisia the officials are searching for additional gunmen. the man was carrying an assault weapon and it was taken moments before the friday attack. these are pictures of memorials left behind afterwards. the police said he acted alone, but he had accomplices who supported him before hand. the man's father and two roommates were the taned. there's a new terror warning ahead of the fourth of july holiday. they're worried about isis carrying out low level attacks. the "today" show will have more on the height upped alert and what you can do about it. 6:17 now. a controversial vendor that provides food for d.c. schools is poised to get a new contract. chart wells thompson hospitality settled a lawsuit, and the suit

said they sent food that was late and even spoiled in some cases. the d.c. council is set to vote on a new contract tomorrow. nobody appears ready to challenge the new contract. well you could see a significant tax cut in the district a year sooner than you were supposed to. the d.c. council will vote on a plan proposed by mendelson. they weren't supposed to kick in until 2017 and they went to families making less than $60,000 last year. mayor bowser and others are not on board with this plan. they want to see the money used for d.c. schools or affordable housing. aviation investigators on the ground in alaska trying to figure out why a sightseeing plane slammed into a cliff on thursday. eight cruise ship passengers and the plane's pilot were killed there. a father and daughter from montgomery county among the victims. it went down near the monument in alaska that's a steep mountainous terrain that sees

frequent high winds. take a look at this massive dust storm sweeping across the state of arizona. it moved through phoenix yez. visibility dropped to less than one mile at times. well, several trees ended up knocking down on to cars and fortunately though, no one was seriously hurt. right now, three hikers are in the hospital after nearly being struck by lightning. eight people were at a camp site at denver. a dog did die. three adults were taken to the hospital. one of them we're told is in serious condition. >> coming up on 20 minutes now after 6:00 on this monday morning 63 degrees outside the studios right now. >> yeah. >> no humidity to deal with. >> nice quiet dry. but just a little breezy. we want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. so good, tom. >> this is a gift for late june or early july to get a break

from our usual high heat and humidity. it's going to be with us throughout the day. there's a brilliant sunrise underway. now, live view from the storm team 4 tower camera and the sun continuing to climb in a deep blue sky. low humidity through the day. temperatures by 8:00 into the 60s. by noon, mid and upper 70s. perfect, delightful during the afternoon, bright sunshine. hitting the mid 80s. a very light breeze. temperatures right now, montgomery county mid to upper 50s. cool mid to upper 50s in prince george's county. much of fairfax county much of 50 degrees. and right in the metro, low 60s. it will be pleasant and then getting more uncomfortable tonight and sticky humidity will be returning during the day on tuesday. with a chance of some storms as well as we get up to near 90 in the afternoon. some isolated storms tomorrow. might produce some damaging winds. a very small chance of that. then a smaller chance of an

isolated storm on wednesday. otherwise, partly sunny with highs near 90. then on thursday, an afternoon thundershower possible. partly sunny, highs in the mid 80s. and we'll stay by that average on friday, highs in the mid 80s. an average storm maybe on friday. then on saturday and sunday for the fourth of july weekend temperatures into the mid 80s. and some afternoon and evening storms may interrupt some of the parades and perhaps some of the fireworks displays on saturday evening with some passing thundershowers. then on sunday, looks like the best day of the fourth of july weekend. it will still be nice. not too humid. great beach and pool weather. partly cloudy sky. we'll have the temperatures remaining a little bit near or below average for the next seven days. next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look at the variety of neighborhood highs from the mountains to the bay.

that's coming up at 6:31. melissa has a crash in mary field. >> yeah at prosperity avenue, we have the right lane blocked. again i wanted to mention that one. only accident that we have around town right now. but we are starting to see some slowdowns. so take a look right here. 95 northbound here as you're headed through dale city. right there at dale city that little curve going ten miles per hour because of the slow down there. 66 inbound not so bad. 270 here top of 270 before you hit clarksburg it is slow southbound, then clear all the way down to the spur. you don't have to worry too much after that. beltway, everything moving along quite nicely. so is route 1. back in ten minutes. >> thanks, melissa. nasa officials now looking for -- forward to friday. the next time they'll launch a supply capsule into space. you probably saw this dramatic video of the supply capsule blowing up in its flight yesterday. it's the third time in eight

months that the capsule failed on a trip to the iss. this one had science experiments, a replacement space suit and lots of food and water on board. and right now, solar powered plane that's captured the world's attention is across the pacific ocean. the solar impulse took off from japan and now it's headed towards hawaii. we have been tracking the impulse as it attempts to make at around the world with zero fuel. the plane originally took off for hawaii on june 1. but diverted to japan because of the bad weather. the crew waited a whole month for the weather to be right because there's no place to land once the plane gets over the pacific ocean. a quick traffic alert for you if you drive through one part of prince george's county. crews are going to close a lane on northbound branch avenue and temple hills starting at 9:00. that lane closure goes from manchester drive to offway. crews will be shifting the traffic as they continue a major interchange reconstruction project. that lane closure will last

until tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. don't forget to pack the sunscreen for you and the kids if you're headed outside today. sunscreen with a high spf factor is a good start to preventing skin cancer. you can also wear sun protective clothing to block harmful rays. researcher at the baylor college of medicine says diet can play a huge role. foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids and green tea slow the growth of tumors. you might want to ask your pediatrician to pay closer attention to your child's teeth. most do not visit the dentist until 3 or 4, but a new study shows they had fewer missing baby teeth and cavities if they went to their pediatrician. including early oral care is an important step to improving kids' dental health. >> start early. some good habit in the there.

>> my husband is a pediatric dentist and he says when they turn 1. get them checked out. >> do they have teeth yet? >> yeah some of them have rows. >> we want to move on here. trying to prevent accidents on the beltway. the new striping you will start to see this week and how it could help you avoid a dangerous situation. plus, paying up. when you need help. a new fee you could be forced to pay in an emergency situation. clear and cool conditions as you step outside this morning. tom is tracking the hig

right now changes are in the works around those popular express lanes on i-95 and the beltway in virginia. crews are set to begin adding new road striping around the toll lanes. how it could help you avoid a

potential accident. there are no tornadoes in the forecast today. but we have learned two came down in st. mary's county during this weekend. you can see it took more than 50 trees -- they were damaged -- it took down more than 50 trees. tom tells us what's in the forecast this morning. things are looking up. >> really are. we had the humidity lower yesterday. it's in place this morning. fresh change occurred and it's going to be with us through the day ahead as we look at storm team 4 radar. don't have any rain. don't have any storms around this morning. and later today, lots of sunshine. a few high clouds coming into the mountains where afternoon highs will be in the 70s. beautiful day there. shenandoah valley afternoon highs right around 80 degrees. metro area should be in the mid 80s. southern suburbs and down through north central virginia should be in the low to mid 80s. beautiful day around the bay. just a very light breeze. temperatures in the low 80s to

upper 70s. just a beautiful day coming up. the weather is fabulous. i wish i could say the traffic was. we're starting to see the volume start to build. >> just had a brand-new crash pop up a couple of minutes ago. dc 295 southbound, near east capitol street, a new report of a crash. 66, what is the volume that tom was talking about here. very slow here as you pass 234. 29 miles per hour through centreville, opens up a little and slow through oakton. a little heavier than normal as you approach 234. look at 95 northbound through dale city, 12 miles per hour this morning. overall, prince george's county no major problems in prince george's county. and top of the beltway and all of the main routes in no major issues. live look at 270 coming up in ten minutes. aaron? >> see you then. thank you. 6:31 right now, and starting this week you'll start to see some new purple stripes on the melt and i-95. the idea is to make your commute

safer by making it easier to know when you're entering the express lanes. news4's derrick ward is live in springfield with more on where you will see the new indicators. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, again, aaron. well, you know, this is much needed if you believe a survey that was conducted by transurban the company that runs the express lanes. they want to clear up some of the confusion. now they surveyed about 1,200 drivers motorists who take the areas around the express lanes and about 50% of those folks say that they're not quite sure how exactly to get on to those express lanes. how and where. so what they're going to do is put some purple lines inside the existing lines. that is the white or yellow lines that are already in the road. and will give you plenty of warning that the express lanes are coming up. so if you're in the lane you can get out if you don't want to be in it. and doing it abruptly, well, that's never a good thing. the lanes are going to start popping up on 95 northbound as you go up to dumfries. cardinal drive, these entrances on to the express lanes and also

in the franconia and springfield parkway area. look for them on southbound 95 around -- between lorton i guess and route 2 -- 123. also on 495 on the beltway, going to see them northbound around the old mixing bowl. that is the exchange between 95 395 and 495. some of that work should have started already. it will be starting soon and it's expected to continue into next month. we are live in springfield. derrick ward, news4. >> thank you. and this morning we expect to hear more from montgomery county council's president about maryland governor larry hogan's purple line plans. george leventhal welcomes the decision but he says it will create challenges. the purple line is a light rail project that would connect montgomery county and prince george's county. larry hogan wants the county to pay more to help the state pay

for it. and the man who stunned a courtroom by offering forgiveness to a shooter will say good-bye to his wife today. well, yesterday, vice president joe biden surprised worshipers by appearing at sunday services at emanuel ame church. he said he visited the church before and he knew pastor clementa pinckney. we know the names of a mother and daughter who died this weekend. firefighters telling us that crystal puderbaugh and her 4-year-old daughter were electrocuted in their home in chevy chase. firefighters say electrocution can be a dangerous problem during big problems. news4's darcy spencer talked to one expert about how to stay safe in your home. >> anything with electric that's in water is never good. never work with a sump pump as it's plugged in. there's all kinds of electricity going through this thing. if it's plugged in and you put your hand in it, you can shock yourself. >> well, firefighters believe

that sump pump caused the shock that killed the family members. 6:34. more republicans joining the race for president. ohio's john kasich expected to announce his bid as soon as july 21. he's reportedly planning to head immediately to new hampshire, south carolina iowa and michigan. now, kasich is not the only potential candidate to watch in coming days. tomorrow new jersey governor chris christie expected to announce his bid and two weeks from now wisconsin governor scott walker said he'll tell us if he's running for president too. if kasich, christie and walker all join the race that means the republican field will have 16 candidates at this point. today, mayor muriel bowser celebrates the start of the popular summer job program for young people in d.c. bowser is holding a round table at enlightened incorporated the this morning. she's honoring some of the fellow community members as well and speaking tonight at the caribbean community recognition awards. maryland governor larry hogan says he's feeling strong and healthy after his first

round of chemotherapy. in a facebook post yesterday, he said he feels humbled and uplifted by the outpouring of support. he said he wasn't having side effects to the chemo. he revealed last week he had been diagnosed with an advanced stage of non-hodgkins lymphoma. he's pledged to keep working while undergoing treatment. a lawyer now combing through an offer for a new baseball stadium in spotsylvania county. we said it would be near south point parkway and route 1. and the supervisors hired the lawyer to double-check the proposal that they're sending to the hagerstown suns. the paper said supervisors would pay most of the cost but they are asking for a rent payment of $250,000 a year. 6:35 right now. we continue to watch developments out of new york this morning. after the capture of david sweat. the second inmate who escaped from a prison there. the new information we're getting on his condition and a

potential new charges he could face. an update on the brand new crash in the district. how things are slowing down because of it. coming up. plus, no free ride. the new fee you can expect to pay if you need an ambulance i

events kick off in a couple of hours for today's sessions of the world police and fire games. we were at national harbor yesterday for the dragon boat races. thousands of police officers firefighters, other law enforcement, emts paramedics are all here for the international games. they happen every two years. all the events are free and open to the public. the competition runs through july 5th and nbc4 is a proud sponsor of the games. if you ever need an ambulance in loudoun county, get this. you can now expect a bill.

loudoun county supervisors approved a new program to charge you if you need an ambulance ride. now, this is according to leesburg today. the site says a ride could cost between $470 and $770. however, the bill would go to your insurance company first. supervisors also say you'll always get a ride even if you cannot afford to pay. coming up on 6:41. kind of weird to say at the end of june, but if you're cold natured you might need a jacket this morning. >> after all that rain a sight like this. a perfect scene. you can see the plane taking off into the sunset. the skies are clear. tom, it feels good out there. >> it does. it's in the 50s though, but that sun feels warms a it jumps into the sky. high sky angles. drink plenty of water, we'll have the low humidity, you'll need your sun block sunglasses and short sleeves but ditch the umbrella for today. dry sidewalks.

for the morning in the mid 60s. walking back home into the mid 80s. look at our storm chances for the next seven days and your fourth of july weekend that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:51. melissa has an update now. >> just made some calls on this one. d.c. 295 southbound near east capitol. d.c. police think it's out of the way, but we are seeing a 2 1/2 mile backup as you're headed southbound on 295 and all the way past east capitol there. 66 also fairly slow as you're headed inbound on 234. you can see slow erin that it typically is. north quantico to the beltway, a few minutes behind. 270 south and top of the beltway, a little slow. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >> thanks, melissa. 6 6:41 right now. what changes in the montgomery county abuse policy means for

your family and why some

6:44. we are watching developments out of upstate new york on the condition of david sweat which has deteriorated after being shot and being three weeks on

run. >> one of the stories with we're working on to get you up to the minute. first though, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein with more on the cooldown. >> we have a piercing sun and a royal blue sky on this monday morning. low humidity. we're in the 50s right now. and then by later this morning by 8:00 should be in the low and mid 60s. bright and sunny for your lunch hour, upper 70s. headed back home by 5:00 p.m. low humidity a few high clouds coming through. melissa? >> right now we have two trouble spots i wanted to mention. d.c. 295 southbound near east capitol, a 2 1/2 mile backup and then right now on 66 for some reason headed out of manassas we are quite slow there approaching 234 and then through centreville. going 40 miles an hour. guys? [ cheers and applause ] cheers of relief from people living around clinton correctional facility in upstate new york. the three week manhunt for two escaped murderers is over. escapee david sweat is in critical condition this morning.

after being shot by a state trooper. his capture came just two days after his fellow escapee richard matt was shot down. nbc's stephanie gosk has more on the capture. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey good morning. that capture took place right around here. you can see this very rural area. we're really close to the canadian border here. what's interesting about this, this morning, this wasn't a tactical team or a phalanx of law enforcement with special rifles. this was just one guy, one state trooper, a 21-year veteran out on the roads. officials say he was paying attention and that's why this manhunt has come to the end. coming up on the "today" show, we'll have more details, exactly what went down in the moment and more about what we know about what happened in this last week. people here are very excited that this lockdown of this area is finally over. aaron? >> stephanie gosk along the

canadian border, see you at 7:00 a.m. new this morning an escaped convict is back behind bars. this is in north carolina. kristopher mcneil was picked up around 1:00 this morning walking along a road 80 miles away from the correctional institution. police say he scaled the fence on saturday and ran. mcneil is serving time for second degree murder. police arrested a prison kitchen worker for helping him plan that escape. and housing him while he was on the run. and today, prince george's county man already serving a life sentence will stand trial for ordering his uncle's murder. prosecutors say brian mayhew had someone kill nico mayhew to keep him from testifying against him in a murder trial. brian mayhew was sentenced to life in prison last year for killing a man in district in 2011. stanley winston and anthony can nan are facing murder charges in the death. that trial should last two weeks. also in prince george's county, a teacher will stand

trial again on sexual assault charges. andre brown taught at high point high school and prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a student inside that school during school hours in 2013. brown admitted involvement but said the relationship with the 17-year-old student was consensual. the jury could not reach a decision in the first trial back in march. and today montgomery county school leaders are talking about how to protect your kids from sex abuse. in fact, they're voting on a brand new policy today. news4's molette green is outside loiterman middle school i believe in silver springs to tell us what it means for you. molette? >> reporter: angie, good morning. after nearly 30 years of policy -- a policy update is coming to protect school age children from predators. now, the new guidelines really zero in on reporting suspected cases. the policy basically lays out a new code of conduct. sets up background checks and adds a lot more training. now, school leaders want to get

this in place by the fall season. the abuse case at this particular school involved a teacher's aide and other well publy siesed -- publicized cases parents did not hear about the cases and that did not sit well. others are saying that there are possible loopholes that could cause mistakes to happen once again but school leaders contend this is a giant step forward in protecting children. molette green, back to you. >> thanks. 6:49. right now d.c. police are looking for two women they say shot a taxi driver. this started with an argument on east capitol street yesterday. the women are in this -- their 20s. he drove himself to massachusetts avenue northeast where he called 911. he is expected to survive. do you know where your car is from? sounds like a simple question

and you might think you're buying an american made car, but chances are it was made in another country. cnbc's landon dowdy live with that story. >> good morning to you. it's getting tougher to find a car or truck that's actually made in america. cars.com is out with the annual american made index. only seven vehicles that qualify this year. 75% of the part must come from suppliers in the u.s. or canada. the toyota camry which is built in kentucky and indiana tops the list. replacing the ford f-series which no longer qualifies. aaron, back over to you. >> landon dowdy, thank you. okay. the sun is out. it's working again. things are feeling nice and breezy. but you might need a little sweater or a light jacket. >> but only for another hour or so. that's not a postcard behind us. >> i know. >> that's the real deal. we have golden sunlight there on the capitol dome. beautiful morning with low humidity in place.

this is too much hyperbole? >> no. >> you want more? >> bring it on. >> we need a -- >> more hyperbole the better. >> pleasant humidity now. it will get uncomfortable tonight and then back to sticky humidity by tuesday afternoon. there's the royal blue sky, the sun climbing higher. temperatures right now in the 50s. we'll be hitting the mid 60s or so by 8:00. by noon, the upper 70s and mid 80s a in the afternoon, low humidity in place. a perfect day for outdoor work outdoor recreation. we have a few high clouds coming in. all of the runoff from the heavy rains on saturday into the rivers now. this is the monocacy, like thethe mississippi, this is the monocacy flowing into the potomac, at the aqueduct north of washington. temperatures right now if the 50s. rural areas, right around the beltway and inside the beltway right around washington, right near the 60s.

tomorrow upper 80s. right near that on wednesday. and then below average for highs thursday, friday and on the fourth, back up near that again on sunday and monday. and we'll have a possibility of some afternoon storms tomorrow. some of the storms tomorrow might produce some damaging winds. there's a small chance of that and then on wednesday, a much smaller chance of any showers or thundershowers in the afternoon. otherwise partly cloudy and up around 90. humid. then a bit cooler on thursday and friday, in the mid 80s. could get a morning shower or afternoon thundershower. and then on the fourth of july into the mid 80s on saturday. with a possibility of some thunderstorms interrupting the parades and the fireworks displays saturday afternoon and saturday evening. and then on sunday, we'll be up up into the upper 80s and near 90. partly cloudy sky rather humid. melissa has an update on the crash. >> 295 south near the east capitol, still a 2 1/2 mile

backup. sounds like the crash d.c. police is saying off to the right side of the roadway. 66 still slow inbound to manassas and oakton outbound. 95 in virginia, northern prince william parkway, no issues. beltway, good luck, extra volume on the outer loop this morning. taking a look at the top of the beltway, not so bad. b.w. parkway, 29, rolling along nicely. a wide look at the beltway, you can see the beltway looks good. a little slow inbound 392. other than that not so bad. >> thank you. 6:53 now. you may have noticed that gas prices have gone down a few cents. the average price for unleaded went down two cents. you're paying $2.58 in virginia. $2.75 in maryland. $2.82 in $2.82 in west virginia. and experts say gas demand is

growing, but a large supply is keeping prices down. they expect prices to continue to fall in the weeks ahead. if you ride the vre it's about to get more expensive for you. starting july 1 wednesday, fares are going up 4%. now, to give you an yessed of what you -- an idea of what you're paying, a trip to union station would cost you $11.10 and come wednesday it will cost you $11.40. d.c. homicide detectives want to know who killed a man. they say someone shot him at 16th street northeast by "e" street yesterday. police have not told us the man's name, but this killing means there are now 44 unsolved murders in d.c. this year. the families of many of the victims gathered in marvin gay park in northeast washington yesterday to pray for answers. take a look. you can see they planted the crosses there for each of the victims with an unsolved case. today the supreme court wraps up the term by handing

down the last few decisions. one is about whether oklahoma can still use a controversial mix of lethal injection drugs. another decision deals with who's allowed to decide the shape of congressional districts. that could have a dramatic impact on elections. the last ruling over how far the government can go to limit mercury emissions. the court could say whether it will hear high profile cases around abortion and affirmative action next fall. right now here are 4 things to know before you head out the door. right now a family is grieving for a child who died in a boat accident. the boat's driver lost control on kent island. today, mayor muriel bowser kicks off the summer youth jobs program. she is holding a round table at enlightened east this morning. and school leaders are voting on a new policy to protect your kids from abuse. the plan would require more background checks and added training for teachers. david sweat is in critical

condition this morning after being shot by a new york state trooper. his capture came two days after his fellow escapee richard matt was shot dead. you will be basking in the comfort zone today. mid 60s by 8:00. bright and sunny for your lunch hour. by then the upper 70s and mostly sunny in the afternoon. should be in the mid 80s with low humidity throughout the day ahead. melissa? couple of slow spots this morning. d.c. 295 southbound here. near east capitol. had an earlier crash off to the right to the road. still a 2 1/2 backup. 66 take a look at this. going 25 miles per hour. pretty slow the whole way inbound here for some reason. everybody wants to be on 66. 95 in virginia, not having an issue. little bit of volume on the beltway at good luck road. top of the beltway and all those routes looking good. so is 270. >> we want to remind everybody

the world police and fire games going strong throughout the week. we have that information on nbcwashington.com. they'll have great weather today. >> the competition starts in a couple of a minutes. more here at 7:25. the "today" show is coming your way. make it a great monday, everybody.

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